"How can I get rid of weeds in my ground cover without damaging the sounding ground cover and my desired plants?"
The below answer applies to any eco minded garden; those spaces that are being rewilded and those gardens which are not "feral."-Feral meaning the grower isn't stopping the native Flora from mingling with what's being cultivated.
To remove any weeds* from a desired ground cover without harming the desired plants, the best methods are simply hand-pulling weeds carefully, then applying a layer of natural mulch native to your area to suppress weed re-growth.
-It's important to remember the art of feral gardening isn't about pushing the easy button, it's about being mindful of all the surrounding ecology and minimal impact on native cultivar!
About Hand-pulling:
This is the BEST and safest method to Feral Garden plant diversity, but hand pulling can obviously be very physically taxing as well as time-consuming; especially for large areas. Ensure you grip the weed close to the ground to remove the entire root system.
Mulch:
Apply a layer of mulch made of material that comes from the local environment around your ground cover plants to prevent "weed" seeds from germinating.
Other considerations:
Identify the *weeds:
Knowing the specific plant species that are native can help you choose whether or not to remove any plants thought of as "weeds."
-In feral gardening, the goal is to cultivate and harvest non native or native wild species simultaneously within a minimally impacted space the gardener wishes to harvest and enrich as a backyard space in which they live.
This means spending a lot of time understanding the biosphere one lives within, and learning what plants can grow intermingled in the same spaces growing with harmony and aesthetics.
This means what a standard gardener might see as a "weed" isn't at all an undesirable plant within their feral garden spaces.
-The goal of feral gardening is to simply provide enough space between all plants that sunlight, water and soil nutritional needs can be met for every plant in the garden space.
Check for invasive plants:
What you DO want to look for early on in your feral gardening experience is if you have invasive plants in any of your ground cover, (these will be introduced plants to the location, not native cultivar.) Consider removing them completely to prevent further spread.
Feral Gardens Requires Regular maintenance!
Contrary to what the name "feral" might evoke, regular monitoring and maintenance is crucial to having a symbiotic Feral Garden. Your ground cover of interactive domestic plants and wild ones will need constant attention and removal of overgrowth (previously thought of as weeds) in becoming productive and harmoniously established.
🌿Happy cultivating!
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